title: The curious case of a button which led to the needle.
abstract: Foreign bodies in the heart are uncommon in children. These are often removed even if asymptomatic to prevent complications like erosion, embolization, bleeding, thrombosis, and endocarditis. We report the case of a one-and-a-half-year-old child with a hypodermic needle in the heart which was found incidentally and removed successfully by surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Frontier Lifeline Hospital and Dr. K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saileela
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Premsekar
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Janani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cherian
keywords: children; foreign bodies; heart; needles